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Page 63
... preserve it from corrup - Charity tion ; whence exhorts to the sight of God ;
Chorus briefly concludes . tells they cannot see Adam in the state of Soch was his
first design , which could innocence , by reason of their sin , have produced only
an ...
... preserve it from corrup - Charity tion ; whence exhorts to the sight of God ;
Chorus briefly concludes . tells they cannot see Adam in the state of Soch was his
first design , which could innocence , by reason of their sin , have produced only
an ...
Page 100
... of the ancient Puritans ; or , if we knew them , derive our information only from
books , or from tradia tion , have never had them before our eyes , and cannot but
by recollection and study understand the lines in which they are satyrised .
... of the ancient Puritans ; or , if we knew them , derive our information only from
books , or from tradia tion , have never had them before our eyes , and cannot but
by recollection and study understand the lines in which they are satyrised .
Page 287
The information thus communicated is , that the verses in quem tion were not an
address to the famous Dr . Sacheverell , but to a very ingenious gentleman of the
same name , who died young , supposed to be a Manksman , for that he wrote ...
The information thus communicated is , that the verses in quem tion were not an
address to the famous Dr . Sacheverell , but to a very ingenious gentleman of the
same name , who died young , supposed to be a Manksman , for that he wrote ...
Page 368
... by wresting “ and forcing my meaning in the Preface to another book , as if I
con« demned and exposed all learning , though they knew I declared that I “
greatly honoured and esteemed all men of superior literature and erudi“ tion ;
and that I ...
... by wresting “ and forcing my meaning in the Preface to another book , as if I
con« demned and exposed all learning , though they knew I declared that I “
greatly honoured and esteemed all men of superior literature and erudi“ tion ;
and that I ...
Page 435
56 time a friend either to get him introduced , or his poem presented at Court ; . .
yet such was the unspeakable goodness of that Princess , that , notwith«
standing this act of ceremony was wanting , in a few days after publica3 Km · «
tion .
56 time a friend either to get him introduced , or his poem presented at Court ; . .
yet such was the unspeakable goodness of that Princess , that , notwith«
standing this act of ceremony was wanting , in a few days after publica3 Km · «
tion .
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| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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